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LATEST ARTICLES ( 375 )

• Last Electoral College Post Till the Next One

  I've been thinking more about the electoral college--almost necessarily, for I sent an edited version of my last post to the Star Tribune, which published it... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• D J Tice on the Electoral College

  

  It's hard for the electoral college to lose when its defenders, like D J Tice of the Star Tribune, declare it a national treasure just because it did not this... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Notes on the Election

  

  1.It was the parallel universe of Newt Gingrich, and of Michael Barone and John Hinderaker and George Will, that struck a nonethereal object and crumbled. Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Election Eve

  

  I don't know what's going to happen in tomorrow's election. As John Cassidy cautiously notes, in a post predicting Obama will accumulate 303 electoral votes... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hume; Hinderaker

  

  Super-storm Sandy and the dearth of election polls has so wrenched my daily routine that I find myself pursuing arguably more worthy pastimes--a perusal of Davi... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Republicans Speak out on Rape, Pregnancy: the Beat Goes on

  

  I'll say one thing for Kurt Bills, the Republican party's inept and cash-strapped candidate for U.S. Senate here in Minnesota: so far, he hasn't delivered... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Reset

  

  I'm dropping the I-am-Sir-Oracle tone favored by political bloggers so as to confess that I regard the presidential campaign with (almost) mute amazement. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Climate Change: One Thing the Campaign is Not About

  All the endless commentary on what has happened in the two presidential debates hasn't stopped some people from noticing what hasn't happened. Surely climate... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama Shows Up, Willard Sputters

  

  I've been scrolling around on the Internet, trying to find if any of my reactions to the second debate between Obama and Romney have failed to be aired.  ... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Electoral Balderdash

  

  With the presidential election so close, the question arises: what if the electoral college result is a 269-to-269 tie? It could happen. Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• State of the Race

  

  What is the state of the presidential race with less than a month to go, and more than a week since the president's miserable debate performance? Things stand,... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Travel Notes

  

  We're back from Wisconsin Dells, The Waterpark Capital of the World, where a cousin of Amanda's was married on Saturday. The ceremony was in the Catholic... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• The First Debate: Romney Says Stupid Stuff, Obama Studies His Notes

  Who slipped Obama a mickie? We Dems, even the most inarticulate ones, wasted 90 minutes trying to put words in his mouth. I've spent half my life stewing and... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Kluwe v Birk

  

  An article in today's Star Tribune newspaper makes the point that Republicans, having voted to put a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage on this... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• State of the Race

  

  Many "toss-up" states have now gone blue, studies say Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Vote No Twice

  

  This political season, my favorite lawn sign says "Vote No Twice." Our Republican-led legislature, in addition to asking us to amend the state's constitution... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• At the Movies: "To Rome With Love"

  Date night. Saw "To Rome With Love," Woody Allen's latest, at The Parkway. The movie takes aim at phony thinkers of big thoughts, the moral hypocrisy of high-en... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Willard Speaks

  

  I go away for a week—technical difficulties—and the man John Cassidy calls The Mittster hands his foes a new slogan to chant: “We are the 47%! Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Are You Ready for Some Football?

  

  Football season. I turned on the TV yesterday to see how the Vikings were doing and watched commercials for a few minutes. Here is a scenario that I bet 10... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The State of the Race: Hinderaker Reconsiders

  John Hinderaker's confidence that Romney is on the cusp of victory, described by me here, has waned. His ruddiness was in the afterglow of having attended a... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY